Gabon - External balance on goods and services

External balance on goods and services (current US$)

The latest value for External balance on goods and services (current US$) in Gabon was $3,340,239,000.00 as of 2010. Over the past 50 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $5,023,284,000.00 in 2008 and ($664,164,000.00) in 1986.

Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services). Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

See also:

Year Value
1960 $2,183,967.00
1961 ($756,246.90)
1962 $1,728,996.00
1963 $2,640,583.00
1964 $12,812,230.00
1965 $13,368,280.00
1966 $405,139.90
1967 $0.00
1968 ($2,430,556.00)
1969 $1,925,224.00
1970 $37,809,220.00
1971 $53,043,340.00
1972 $3,568,733.00
1973 $8,531,747.00
1974 $220,790,000.00
1975 $34,994,400.00
1976 ($15,482,470.00)
1977 $9,362,152.00
1978 $354,547,100.00
1979 $638,868,000.00
1980 $1,415,996,000.00
1981 $875,501,400.00
1982 $793,317,500.00
1983 $603,038,800.00
1984 $672,830,500.00
1985 $176,735,100.00
1986 ($664,164,000.00)
1987 ($82,850,870.00)
1988 ($194,059,400.00)
1989 $192,472,300.00
1990 $903,534,800.00
1991 $755,977,900.00
1992 $686,874,200.00
1993 $623,790,100.00
1994 $981,690,700.00
1995 $1,172,233,000.00
1996 $1,688,609,000.00
1997 $1,282,257,000.00
1998 ($52,100,140.00)
1999 $1,002,241,000.00
2000 $1,842,789,000.00
2001 $1,224,853,000.00
2002 $947,925,600.00
2003 $1,468,341,000.00
2004 $2,166,439,000.00
2005 $3,209,592,000.00
2006 $2,875,343,000.00
2007 $3,397,939,000.00
2008 $5,023,284,000.00
2009 $1,927,680,000.00
2010 $3,340,239,000.00

External balance on goods and services (current LCU)

The value for External balance on goods and services (current LCU) in Gabon was 1,654,340,000,000.00 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,249,450,000,000.00 in 2008 and a minimum value of -230,000,000,000.00 in 1986.

Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services). Data are in current local currency.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

Year Value
1960 535,497,700.00
1961 -185,477,100.00
1962 423,627,800.00
1963 646,985,700.00
1964 3,139,342,000.00
1965 3,300,000,000.00
1966 100,010,000.00
1967 0.00
1968 -599,990,000.00
1969 500,000,000.00
1970 10,500,000,000.00
1971 14,699,900,000.00
1972 900,070,000.00
1973 1,900,020,000.00
1974 53,100,000,000.00
1975 7,500,000,000.00
1976 -3,700,000,000.00
1977 2,300,000,000.00
1978 80,000,000,000.00
1979 135,900,000,000.00
1980 299,200,000,000.00
1981 237,900,000,000.00
1982 260,700,000,000.00
1983 229,800,000,000.00
1984 294,000,000,000.00
1985 79,400,000,000.00
1986 -230,000,000,000.00
1987 -24,900,000,000.00
1988 -57,800,000,000.00
1989 61,400,000,000.00
1990 246,000,000,000.00
1991 213,266,000,000.00
1992 181,809,000,000.00
1993 218,086,000,000.00
1994 545,035,000,000.00
1995 585,120,000,000.00
1996 863,808,000,000.00
1997 748,415,000,000.00
1998 -30,737,000,000.00
1999 617,080,000,000.00
2000 1,312,030,000,000.00
2001 897,866,000,000.00
2002 660,693,000,000.00
2003 853,400,000,000.00
2004 1,144,500,000,000.00
2005 1,692,960,000,000.00
2006 1,503,490,000,000.00
2007 1,628,520,000,000.00
2008 2,249,450,000,000.00
2009 910,224,000,000.00
2010 1,654,340,000,000.00

External balance on goods and services (constant LCU)

The value for External balance on goods and services (constant LCU) in Gabon was -64,749,510,000.00 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 472,155,000,000.00 in 1996 and a minimum value of -289,800,000,000.00 in 1983.

Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services). Data are in constant local currency.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

Year Value
1960 14,655,250,000.00
1961 12,514,040,000.00
1962 16,606,680,000.00
1963 21,349,180,000.00
1964 36,744,010,000.00
1965 39,380,700,000.00
1966 25,094,000,000.00
1967 34,576,000,000.00
1968 34,519,000,000.00
1969 45,834,000,000.00
1970 56,765,000,000.00
1971 62,662,000,000.00
1972 48,375,000,000.00
1973 50,021,000,000.00
1974 -59,341,000,000.00
1975 -93,472,000,000.00
1976 -86,599,000,000.00
1977 -97,551,000,000.00
1978 38,150,000,000.00
1979 15,482,000,000.00
1980 -21,800,000,000.00
1981 -273,300,000,000.00
1982 -213,000,000,000.00
1983 -289,800,000,000.00
1984 -196,400,000,000.00
1985 -249,000,000,000.00
1986 -264,900,000,000.00
1987 -6,200,000,000.00
1988 -52,600,000,000.00
1989 84,000,000,000.00
1990 182,900,000,000.00
1991 213,266,000,000.00
1992 222,173,000,000.00
1993 284,780,000,000.00
1994 410,130,000,000.00
1995 460,999,000,000.00
1996 472,155,000,000.00
1997 438,052,000,000.00
1998 236,717,000,000.00
1999 346,666,000,000.00
2000 335,345,000,000.00
2001 289,074,000,000.00
2002 181,683,000,000.00
2003 242,313,000,000.00
2004 258,430,000,000.00
2005 243,508,000,000.00
2006 100,673,000,000.00
2007 62,717,330,000.00
2008 46,684,620,000.00
2009 -64,283,550,000.00
2010 -64,749,510,000.00

External balance on goods and services (% of GDP)

External balance on goods and services (% of GDP) in Gabon was 25.43 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 37.04 in 2005, while its lowest value was -19.51 in 1986.

Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services).

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

See also:

Year Value
1960 1.54
1961 -0.45
1962 0.95
1963 1.71
1964 5.94
1965 5.95
1966 0.17
1967 0.00
1968 -0.82
1969 0.60
1970 11.73
1971 13.99
1972 0.83
1973 1.18
1974 14.29
1975 1.62
1976 -0.51
1977 0.33
1978 14.84
1979 21.08
1980 33.09
1981 22.67
1982 21.93
1983 17.78
1984 18.89
1985 5.29
1986 -19.51
1987 -2.52
1988 -5.06
1989 4.60
1990 15.18
1991 13.99
1992 12.28
1993 14.25
1994 23.42
1995 23.64
1996 29.66
1997 24.07
1998 -1.16
1999 21.49
2000 36.36
2001 25.99
2002 19.22
2003 24.25
2004 30.18
2005 37.04
2006 30.12
2007 29.37
2008 34.56
2009 17.61
2010 25.43

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts